Egg vs. Syrup

Eggnoun

An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.

Syrupnoun

Any thick liquid that is added to or poured over food as a flavouring and has a high sugar content.

‘maple syrup’; ‘pancake syrup’; ‘peaches in syrup’; ‘cough syrup’;

Eggnoun

The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.

‘I also determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise.’; ‘We made a big omelette with three eggs.’; ‘The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg.’;

Syrupnoun

Any viscous liquid.

‘rose syrup = rosewater’;

Eggnoun

The female primary cell, the ovum.

Syrupnoun

A wig.

Eggnoun

Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.

Syrupnoun

Same as Sirup, Sirupy.

Eggnoun

A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.

Syrupnoun

a thick sweet sticky liquid

Eggnoun

A Caucasian who behaves as if they were (East) Asian (from being "white" outside and "yellow" inside).

Syrupnoun

a thick, sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar in boiling water, often used for preserving fruit.

Eggnoun

A foolish or obnoxious person.

‘Shut up, you egg!’;

Syrupnoun

a thick, sweet liquid containing medicine or used as a drink

‘cough syrup’;

Eggnoun

(informal) A person, fellow.

‘good egg’; ‘bad egg’; ‘tough egg’;

Syrupnoun

a thick, sticky liquid obtained from sugar cane as part of the processing of sugar.

Eggverb

To throw eggs at.

Syrupnoun

excessive sweetness or sentimentality of style or manner

‘Mr Gurney's poems are almost all of them syrup’;

Eggverb

To dip in or coat with beaten egg (cooking).

Syrupnoun

a wig

‘he has been bald for the past twenty years, his shame concealed by a syrup of some opulence’;

Eggverb

To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.

‘After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise.’;

Syrup

In cooking, a syrup or sirup (from Arabic: شراب‎; sharāb, beverage, wine and Latin: sirupus) is a condiment that is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. Its consistency is similar to that of molasses.

Eggverb

To encourage, incite.

Eggnoun

The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.

Eggnoun

A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

Eggnoun

Anything resembling an egg in form.

Eggverb

To urge on; to instigate; to incite

‘Adam and Eve he egged to ill.’; ‘[She] did egg him on to tellHow fair she was.’;

Eggnoun

animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

Eggnoun

oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

Eggnoun

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

‘she kicked him in the balls and got away’;

Eggverb

throw eggs at

Eggverb

coat with beaten egg;

‘egg a schnitzel’;

Egg

An egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an embryo develops until it can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches. An egg results from fertilization of an egg cell.